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Binka Zhelyazkova

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 07/15/1923 († 88, 07/31/2011) | Svilengrad (Bulgaria)
Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgarian: Бинка Желязкова, 15 July 1923 – 31 July 2011), was a Bulgarian film director who made films between the late 1950s and the 1990s. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature film and one of the few women worldwide to direct feature films in the 1950s. ()

Binka Zhelyazkova was a Bulgarian film director. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature film. Her work often reflected her struggles, and four of her nine films were banned from distribution and reached audiences only after the end of communism. Despite her difficulties at home her films won numerous awards outside of Bulgaria.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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Movies with Binka Zhelyazkova as Crew(12)

Directing/Director1988 On the Roofs at Night
Directing/Director1982 Lullaby
Writing/Writer1982 Lullaby
Directing/Director1980 The Great Night Swim
Directing/Director1977 The Swimming Pool
Directing/Director1973 The Last Word
Writing/Writer1973 The Last Word
Directing/Director1967 The Tied Up Balloon
Directing/Director1961 We Were Young
Directing/Director1957 Life Quietly Moves On...

Full Name: Binka Zhelyazkova
Citizenship: Bulgaria
Born: Sunday, 07/15 1923 (July) in Svilengrad (Bulgaria)
Died: Sunday, 07/31 2011 (July) in Sofia (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Educated at: Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Spouses (current/former): Hristo Ganev
Children: Svetla Ganeva
Other names for Binka Zhelyazkova (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Бинка Желязкова"
"Binka Ganeva"
"Бинка Ганева"
"Бинка Желязкова-Ганева"
"Binka Zhelyazkova-Ganeva"
Binka Zhelyazkova frequently works together with these people:
Simeon Pironkov (7x, Crew)
Hristo Ganev (6x, Crew)
Madlena Dyakova (4x, Crew)
Ivan Bratanov (3x, Actor)
Tzvetana Maneva (3x, Actress)
Lyubcho Stefanov (3x, Crew)
Yordan Radichkov (3x, Crew)
Ivan Manev (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1148410, Added: 12/27/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024